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AOL is Hiring: Front-End Engineer for City’s Best

AOL wants to hire a front-end engineer for City’s Best. Contact me if you’re interested in the following position, or if you know someone who is.

Front-End Engineer:
As a Front-End Engineer for City’s Best you’ll join the small team and startup environment to lead the front-end development of an exciting new vision for the local web. We’re focused on creating an extremely social and engaging experience for both users and business owners.

The candidate should be:

• Passionate about building great products that people want to use

• A results-focused get-it-done developer

• Proud of the great code that you write

• A heads-up problem solver

• Interested in how and where the web is consumed from desktop to mobile to iPad

Experience:

• Extensive HTML, CSS and JavaScript skills (HTML5, CSS3, jQuery a plus)

• Experience with 3rd party API integration and social web development

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• 3+ years experience in working on template-based websites

• Experience with source control systems like SVN and git

• Experience with PHP and MySQL

• A flawless ability to translate a PSD into semantic code

Trade in your 3GS for an iPhone 4 at Radio Shack

Now through July 25, Radio Shack is offering a $200 Gift Card for an iPhone 3GS in working condition that does not have a broken screen or water damage.

If you’re not in a hurry, you should try selling it on eBay or Craigslist. You could get more for it, but don’t be fooled by the completed listings on eBay with unusually high “sold for” prices. The vast majority seem fraudulent to me.

(via TUAW)

Eggplant Impromptu in Flavor Major

Here’s the recipe for my off-the-cuff dinner tonight. It turned out quite well, so I thought I’d share it with you.

Ingredients:

2 garlic cloves
3/4 lb. indian eggplant (4 to 6 of them)
1 small fresh tomato
1 red bell pepper
cumin
ground coriander
curry powder
ground turmeric
garam masala
coarsely ground sea salt
ground black pepper
extra virgin olive oil

Method:

Cut each garlic clove in half
Cut the tomato in 4
Remove the stem, and clean the inside of the pepper
Cut it lengthwise in about 1/4” thick pieces
Remove the stems and slice the eggplants in thin rounds
Spread a generous amount of olive oil on a large baking sheet. Cover with foil beforehand for easy cleanup.
Coat the eggplant, tomato, pepper and garlic
Arrange them all in one layer. Try not to overlap.
Season evenly with a few good pinches of salt and pepper, 1 or 2 small pinches of garam masala and turmeric, and several pinches of cumin, coriander and curry.
Bake in the oven at 450 degrees (F) for about 20 minutes. Check after 10 and 15 minutes depending on how thinly you sliced the eggplant.
Once the eggplant is soft, remove everything except for the peppers (they take longer to soften) and mash them together with a fork in a bowl. Add the peppers once they’re done.

I had some leftover rotisserie chicken that I added to the mixture, which then ended up inside a pita.